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Need for Speed: Undercover | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 218
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15591
Model: 15591
UPC: 014633155914
EAN: 0014633155914
ASIN: B001AZFSG0
Release Date: November 17, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Go Deep Undercover - Race into an action-packed story of pursuit and betrayal. Take on jobs and compete in races to prove yourself as you infiltrate and take down an international crime syndicate | | • | Highway Battle - Fight off the cops and others as you take down your prey in high-speed, high stake multi-car chases. New and vastly improved AI mechanics mean more aggressive and intelligent cops focused on taking you out fast and by any means necessary | | • | Criminal Scramble - Be a cop and chase down criminals in the Criminal Scramble Mode | | • | Heroic Driving Engine - lets you pull off amazing moves for the ultimate driving edge |
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Product Description
You never thought it would turn out like this?an all-out chase where you're both the hunted and the hunter. Now you must get behind the wheel and risk everything to infiltrate a ruthless international crime syndicate and take them down. The man you're after is a maniac behind the wheel, and he's driving like his life depends on escape, which maybe it does. He's the one with all the answers you need, so track him down. That fleet of police cruisers in your rearview mirror won't make things any easier. It will take all of your experience?and every ounce of skill?to outrun the law, take down the enemy, and unlock the truth that puts an end to this chase once and for all.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
Another Let-down for the Year December 3, 2008
[I HAVE played this game on BOTH the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 - thus am posting this review on both consoles.]
*sigh* I had hopes. In fact I had high hopes, and that's what makes it so dissapointing.
It's been said a lot - Most Wanted was a great game. A fantastic game. One of the very few games I decided to play through twice just to try a different approach.
What made Most Wanted different for a driving game was a compelling story. It wasn't even a very deep story, but you had conflict right from the get-go and it made you eager - no, determined - to get revenge. It gave you a clear, linear story - 8 "bad guys" (I think it was eight...) to take on until you reached the baddest dude of all - the guy who took your car, took your reputation, even tried to take your girl... But in between those linear points, the game was a free-for-all. You had set things you had to do, but you could do them in any order, you could do them however you wanted. You always knew were the next objective was, but still had that freedom.
Undercover is just a cluster. There's roads everywhere, cops everywhere, races everywhere... You have no idea what to do. The story is clear only because we've read about it here on Amazon, on other review sites... Honestly, the game has never told ME that I'm an undercover cop.
The came starts with a car chase - you at the wheel - and a million cops behind you. You're in a 350z, pretty decked out, Red. Suddenly you get away. Then you're watching a clandestine meeting between a woman and a shadowy, male figure. She says he's going to be their driver. It wasn't until my second re-start (tried a different console) that I realized, "Oh, I guess I'm that guy..." Next thing you know you're sitting on the street in a POS Nissan. What happened to the 350z? What am I doing? What's the objective? Who am I??
So you start running races - easy to do, just push down on the D-pad and it'll automatically launch the next race. You'll run a few races and then get a short, somewhat vague cut-scene. That'll open up a unique race - which you'll run - and nothing special will happen. So you'll do a few more races, then something else suddenly happens... It's really only curiosity that keeps you playing. There's no motivation, no apparent pay-off... I've played now for a bunch of hours and still have only unlocked a small handful of parts. I never understood that theory - you have enough money to buy something but it won't let you. The game just levels up the opponent cars anyways - let me buy whatever I can afford!
As far as actual game play goes, it's... ...alright. Graphics are okay up close, but distances get real vague. There are a LOT of aliasing issues, and items appear very blocky and granular. I've had a couple frame-rate issues during auto-saves and what-not - VERY frustrating in a driving game while you're drifting a corner at 140 miles per hour. Technical tracks become challenging because you can't see far ahead. You can, but you can't make out what you're looking at. Is that a turn? Oh, no - it's a bridge abutment... Oh and forget the map. The cities of Undercover are pretty convoluted, which is nice, except that the map doesn't detail elevation changes. So an intersection that appears on the map could actually be a bridge going over another road. Oh yeah - that's fun when you're trying to dart a corner while running from cops... *SMASH* - oh, THAT road is BENEATH me!!! Thanks for the help! You're under arrest...
I of course have no idea how far into the game I am, but it's not very challenging. I've won every race, and have "dominated" all but a few of the "jobs." The cops are present, but they lack that... ...je ne c'est pas... They have no spirit - no soul. They appear out of nowhere - hit a chase-breaker (usually a road-side object that you can hit to stop chasing police cars) and the game goes into a quick cut-scene to watch the destruction. That's always fun, except that I've come out of those cut scenes only to plow into a road block that appeared out of nowhere. Very frustrating. They seem to pit-maneuver you pretty easily - suddenly accelerating out of nowhere... But if you keep dodging, taking corners instead of following the road, this isn't much of an issue. They just don't have the organization of Most Wanted. They're just sort of... ...there.
A lot of the game just seems tacked on. Remember the first "Underground" NFS games? There were shops everywhere that focused on specific areas, like body parts, performance parts, certain brands of cars... Now you just push start [pause] and select "Cars." You basically buy cars and customize them from the pause menu. How pathetic is that?? And if you actually go to a shop, you see the EXACT same screen.
The "crews" from Carbon are gone - thank God. You don't have to hire certain staff members just to customize your car. Autosculpting is available immediately and that's a welcome change.
NFS Undercover quickly becomes boring. You run a race, unlock some new races, run some of them, and maybe if you're lucky you'll trigger the next story sequence. But you have no idea, you have no motivation, and all you're left with is another highly anticipated let-down.
Stop doing this, gaming industry. Quit focusing on the dollar and make us some games that are worth playing. We're tired of looking behind us at "what was." Give us something to look forward to, or quit wasting our money. I'm tired of the $60-dollar coasters.
not all its cranked up to be December 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
They game in and of itself is fun. The cars are the same ol' line of cars you're used to, with a few additions. A few problems with the game.
1. The large line up of cars is really pointless. The theme of the game is that you are an undercover cop who is posing as a car thief. So you are mainly driving someone else's car. The only time you use your car...is when your racing to level up or get cash.
2. The game is relatively short. Xbox, I have noticed, has been making potentally good games into really short games that leave with a "wanting more" feeling. The main idea is so you will play the xbox live fee and play online. Disappointing.
If you are looking for a "new and improved" need for speed game. This is not your game. The cops are the same. The cars are the same. The roads are different. So if you want to try the game out...rent it.
 Almost as bad as Prostreet November 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I tried to be as fair as possible in reviewing and rating this game, but there are just so many flaws to this game that you can't help but to not want to play it. I appreciate that the creators tried to take it back to the Need for Speed Most Wanted style, but it seems they have fallen short yet once again. Actually this game makes Most wanted look and feel even better then it ever did before. Most wanted came out back in 2005, and yet it's polished graphics, framrate, and dynamics are better than undercover, wtf???
The story is less than intriguing, with the exception of a couple hot women that they threw in the mix, but I found myself somehat frustrated with the controls, loading times, and even lack of a main menu. Not to completely bash a game, I will it say the new highway system is enjoyable, doing highway battles and evading the cops in a "most shocking" way. But in an overview it's not as enjoyable as MOst wanted, they even took away from exploring the city because in-beteen races you will have an icon blinking under your car to jump into the next race. So even if you want to cruise, you have to be annoyed by this reminder. The graphics aren't very impressive, in comparison to other racers on the market. The controls are a little more stiff and rigid than previous games in the series. The story lacks to warp me in and get me excited to race, and the loading times are very annoying.
I got word that the creators at EA seperated into 2 teams, one team was finishing up prostreet, and the other working on undercover. How about whom ever is cutting these people checks, either slash their salary, or get some new minds in the circle. Seriously, it's obvious these games are not well thought out, with only half effort being put into both.
In conclusion, this is pretty much a renter and /or wait until the price drops and pick it up used.
 Best NFS November 22, 2008
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is definately one of the best Need For Speed games ever made. I have never had any problems with freezing or loading, like other reviews say, and there is a much better variety of cars compared to prostreet. The cops are much harder, but still lack reality. Overall, this is the best Need For Speed game so far.
What the...? November 22, 2008
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I am a huge fan of the NFS series and consider them classics and was really looking forward for this year's release. However I was disappointed with the final product. Need for Speed Undercover is clearly an attempt to cash in on the success of 2005's Most Wanted after ProStreet flopped with critics and fans. The game itself is as straightforward as you'd expect; race, come first, win cash, buy new cars. The underlying story is you're an undercover cop working for the police, quite straight foward. Everything seems to work as it should - the racing is fast and frenetic; the sense of speed is swell and the cars look mostly nice and slick. The biggest problem with Undercover, and it's a fundamental one, is that it's lazy.
Undercover features a great range of cars, but it's a simple cut-and-paste job from ProStreet and the cars that followed its release. There just isn't enough new here, and you'll likely have driven nearly every ride on offer here in a previous iteration of the series. The cops have basically clicked and dragged from the three-year-old Most Wanted and also the cities (there are three of them) are big, criss-crossed with wide, but they lack personality and they all begin to look the same.
NFS of old was about hot cars, hot pursuits and miles and miles of open road, and Undercover make a semi-successful fist of recapturing some of this magic. Looks great, plays fine. There's no getting around the fact, however, that Undercover is basically Most Wanted with a new lick of paint.
It is time to consider a new look for this one is old and boring.
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